A few bananas too “black” to even contemplate eating, a desire for “healthy” biscuits to take round a friend for coffee et voilà!
Ingredients:
- 2 small or 1 large ripe banana, mashed
- 60g light brown sugar
- 25g caster sugar
- 60g butter, softened
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 large egg, lightly beaten
- 150g plain flour
- 180g rolled oats
- 1 tsp bicarbonate soda
- ½ scant tsp salt
- 1 tsp ground vanilla
- 100g chocolate chips or cranberries etc….
Preparation:
- Preheat oven to 180°C/ 160°fan/ Gas 4 and get 2 baking trays ready
- In a large bowl mix the first 5 ingredients at medium speed until smooth
- Add the egg and beat well
- In another bowl, put the flour, oats, soda, salt and ground vanilla together and stir with a whisk
- Add it to the first bowl and mix on medium speed (I found vigourously by hand worked better for me) until well blended
- I divided the batter between the 2 bowls and added chocolate chips in one and dried cranberries in the other
- Scoop or spoon the batter between the 2 trays, it makes around 20 cookies
- Bake in the oven for about 15 to 18mn until slightly golden
- Leave for 2mn before transferring onto a cooling rack
